The 10 Tallest Skyscrapers That Are Being Built Right Nowhttp://www.businessinsider.com/tallest-skyscrapers-under-construction-2012-7/comments
en-usWed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500Tue, 03 Mar 2015 14:12:10 -0500Callie Bosthttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/502c0b91eab8ea3a22000001MinanillaWed, 15 Aug 2012 16:50:25 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/502c0b91eab8ea3a22000001
Metric System units pls...http://www.businessinsider.com/c/500aa29cecad04505800000emaxxxSat, 21 Jul 2012 08:37:48 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/500aa29cecad04505800000e
Dont bee raycist now, it's Bushes falt.
(I'm applying for the intern job)http://www.businessinsider.com/c/500811126bb3f72b5f00001fTwinpinesmallThu, 19 Jul 2012 09:52:18 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/500811126bb3f72b5f00001f
*sigh*
All well and good, so long as they finish it, already!
Jeez, "Freedom Tower?"—Try "Bureaucracy Tower."http://www.businessinsider.com/c/500761f7eab8eaed56000003DonnaWed, 18 Jul 2012 21:25:11 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/500761f7eab8eaed56000003
Actually the biggest that is currently developed is the Kingdom Tower in Jeddah. Read more about it here: www.kingdomtowerskyscraper.com . That will be way higher than these, and the project is not even on hold (they are working at the foundations).http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50075e5eeab8ea0b4800002fouroborosWed, 18 Jul 2012 21:09:50 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50075e5eeab8ea0b4800002f
Completely agree, 80 stories is about as tall as any building needs to be.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50075bc2ecad04fa6b00000btrecerWed, 18 Jul 2012 20:58:42 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50075bc2ecad04fa6b00000b
It looks like a postmodern parody of a building in Communist Russia or N. Korea. And yes, it's the ugliest mother I've ever seen.
Imagine working in one of these monster buildings: say you have a two hour commute to work, and then it takes another half hour just to get up to your floor. You couldn't run out for a doughnut break, because it's an hour round trip. These buildings make no sense whatsoever.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/500745dcecad04d04a000001HmWed, 18 Jul 2012 19:25:16 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/500745dcecad04d04a000001
The Makkah Clock Royal Tower is an utter monstrosity and a gaudy show of wealth and capitalism gone mad. This is like building a Caesars Palace Casino & Hotel in the courtyard of the Vatican.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5007425e69bedd9a03000025BobNWed, 18 Jul 2012 19:10:22 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5007425e69bedd9a03000025
Well, it certainly wins the "doesn't even look modern" award. It's not easy to build something new that looks so out of date.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50071e3eeab8ea113f000008Laurence GlavinWed, 18 Jul 2012 16:36:14 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50071e3eeab8ea113f000008
The plans for the spire atop the World Trade Center II in New York assumed that FM radio and broadcast TV stations there would migrate to their site. Oops...broadcast Tv is going the way of the dodo ever since the analog-to-digital switch occurred. There's almost no chance that any TV station will move off the Empire state Building. It's also true of the FM radio stations in town. Even stations that are doing well are NOT raking in the cash like the old days as people use their iPhones, iPads and WiFi for aural entertainment. And the WTC II is at the southern tip of Manhattan; the ESB is closer to mid-Manhattan. An FM station on the WTC II would send more signal out ovedr the ocean. So eventually the WTC II may top out without a spire at all, which will reduce its height somewhat, maybe 200 feet.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50070ee0eab8ea4522000002ouroborosWed, 18 Jul 2012 15:30:40 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50070ee0eab8ea4522000002
True, but it is hideous looking!http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50070063eab8eaa77e000003TwinpinesmallWed, 18 Jul 2012 14:28:51 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50070063eab8eaa77e000003
The Makkah Clock Royal Tower, if I may say so, really impresses me!
While it certainly won't be the world's TALLEST building, it may very well be the LARGEST, dwarfing even the Pentagon in square footage!